Sentence examples for a difficult retail environment from inspiring English sources

The executives must guide Oakley through a "difficult retail environment," Mr. Jannard said.

A.& P. said it had been affected by higher utility rates, underperforming stores, management changes and a difficult retail environment.

Thus far the strategy has worked as HSN has navigated through a difficult retail environment.

"Yes, we're in a difficult retail environment and no, Coach is certainly not immune.

She was already burned out once from running a store, and it is a very difficult retail environment right now.

Japan is a notoriously difficult retail environment, littered with the bones of larger foreign whales than her company.

"Overall weak holiday sales and a very difficult retail environment simply did not permit us to complete the turnaround that might have been possible in an otherwise thriving economy".

Po has met or beaten expectations in a very difficult retail environment, she says.

And it is predicting a continuation of the difficult retail environment next year will hit newsstand sales in the UK.

[C2.] Toy Chain Buys Time on Financing Zany Brainy, a toy store chain that has been struggling with an unwieldy acquisition and the difficult retail environment, bought itself more time to right its finances.

Best Buy, meanwhile, is in far better shape than its rival, though the difficult retail environment is exposing a few cracks in the armor.